King James Version

Isaiah 33:9

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

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אָבַ֤לavallamentאָבַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “lament”, a completed actionH56to bewaillament, mourn.אֻמְלְלָה֙umlelahbe weakאָמַלverb, pulal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be weak”, a completed actionH535to droop; by implication to be sick, to mournlanguish, be weak, wax feeble.אָ֔רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הֶחְפִּ֥ירhechpirbe ashamedחָפֵרverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be ashamed”, a completed actionH2659to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproachbe ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.לְבָנ֖וֹןlevanonLebanonלְבָנוֹןnoun, proper name — “Lebanon”H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in PalestineLebanon.קָמַ֑לqamalwitherקָמַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “wither”, a completed actionH7060to witherhew down, wither.הָיָ֤הhayahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הַשָּׁרוֹן֙hasharonthe Sharonשָׁרוֹןdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Sharon”H8289plain, Sharon, the name of a place in PalestineLasharon, Sharon.כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הkaaravahas desertעֲרָבָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as desert”, the ordinary formH6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red SeaArabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026 (בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה).וְנֹעֵ֥רvenoerand shakeנָעַרconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and shake”, a verb used as a describing wordH5287to tumble aboutshake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down.בָּשָׁ֖ןbashanBashanבָּשָׁןnoun, proper name — “Bashan”H1316Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the JordanBashan.וְכַרְמֶֽלvekharmeland Carmelכַּרְמֶלconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Carmel”H3760Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in PalestineCarmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, it withereth; Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel are clean bare.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves .

Young’s Literal Translation

Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

World English Bible

The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

Darby Translation

The land mourneth, it languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, is withered; the Sharon is become as a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped.

Douay-Rheims

The land hath mourned, and languished: Libanus is confounded and become foul, and Saron is become as a desert: and Basan and Carmel are shaken.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, it withereth; Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel are clean bare.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee shall be laid bare, and Chermel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπένθησεν ἡ γῆ, ᾐσχύνθη ὁ Λίβανος, ἕλη ἐγένετο ὁ Σάρων· φανερὰ ἔσται ἡ Γαλιλαία, καὶ ὁ Χέρμελ.